Title:
Birth Centenary of Hounan Avetissian, Hero of USSR
Description:
Hunan Avetisyan (Armenian: Հունան Ավետիսյան, Russian: Уна́н Мкрти́чович Аветися́н; 20 July 1914 – 16 September 1943) was a Soviet Red Army senior sergeant from the 89th Rifle Division who sacrificed his life by covering the embrasure of a German machine gun pillbox with his body so that his fellow soldiers could keep moving against the enemy in the Novorossiysk-Taman Operation of the Battle of the Caucasus, and was posthumously awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union.
Country:
Armenia
Denomination:
10*170 դր. - Armenian dram
Issue Date:
2014-08-15
Color:
Multicolor
Print Method:
Offset lithography
Perforation:
comb 13¼ x 13
Watermark:
No Watermark
Dimensions:
170 x 100 mm
Emission:
Commemorative
Paper:
chalky
Series:
Birth Centenary of Hounan Avetissian
Catalog Numbers:
Mi:AM 901KB,Un:AM 876MF,Sg:Unlisted
Date Added:
2025-10-29 06:00:20
Themes:
Anniversaries and Jubilees | Famous People | Headgear | Heroes | Medals and Marks of Honour | Men | Military Officers
Date Added:
2025-10-29 06:00:20
